On 30th March 2011, Dick
Wagstaffe MBE retired as Head Ranger at Afan Argoed
Forest Park in the Afan Valley.

This brought an end to 37 years
working there, and over 30 years of assistance
to Number 3 Welsh Wing with activities in the
park.

Dick has given innumerable hours of help to
cadets and staff within the Duke of Edinburgh
Awards Scheme (Expeditions and Volunteering
Elements) and also with the Adventure Training
generally.

One of the latter has been the
success of the Afan Argoed Challenge and to
which Mr. Wagstaffe gave enormous assistance to.

His retirement party on the 30th
March was attended by over 100 people he had
worked with. The photographs include Sqn
Ldr Roy Behenna (Ret'd), and the Area Wing
Welfare Committee Chairman Sqn Ldr John Williams
(Ret'd), presenting gifts on behalf of both
cadets and staff to Dick in appreciation of all
his commitment to the Air Cadet Organisation